2001 Faculty List
Craig T. ALBANESE, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics & Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of CA at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Stephen B. ARCHER, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Maurice E. ARREGUI, MD, Director of Fellowship in Laparoscopic Surgery, Endoscopy, and Ultrasound, St. Vincent Hospital and HCC, Indianapolis, IN
George BERCI, MD, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director of Endoscopic Research & Training, Cedar Sinai Medical Center, LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Ramon BERGUER, MD, Associate Professor, UC Davis, Surgeon, Veterans Administration, Northern California Health Care System, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
Anton J. BILCHIK, MD, Assistant Director, Surgical Oncology; Director, Gastrointestinal Research, Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA School of Medicine, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA
Fredrick J. BRODY, MD, Staff Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Robert E. BROLIN, MD, Professor of Surgery, St. Peters University Hospital Medical Center, New Brunswick, NJ
Cynthia BROWN, Associate Director, Health Policy and Advocacy Department, American College of Surgeons, Washington, DC
L. Michael BRUNT, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
Luis E. BURBANO, MD, Professor of Surgery, Chief of Surgery (Head Department), Hospital Metropolitano, Quito, ECUADOR
Jo BUYSKE, MD, Chief of Surgery & Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Presbyterian Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Guy-Bernard CADIERE, PhD, Chief of GI Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, CHU SAINT-PIERRE, Brussels, BELGIUM
J. K. CHAMPION, MD, Clinical Professor Of Surgery, Videoscopic Institute of Atlanta, Mercer University School Of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Edward G. CHEKAN, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Raymond CLOUSE, MD, Professor of Gastroenterology and Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Prof. Sir Alfred CUSCHIERI, MD, Chairman, Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM
Ralph DAMIANO, MD, John M. Shoenberg Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Ara DARZI, MD, Professor of Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital On Campus, London, England UNITED KINGDOM
Eric J. DEMARIA, MD, Professor of Surgery, Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Medical College of Virginia at VCU, Richmond, VA
Tom R. DEMEESTER, MD, Professor & Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Aureo L. DEPAULA, MD, Director of Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy, Hospital ING, Goiania, Goias, BRAZIL
Richard ESSNER, MD, Assistant Director, Surgical Oncology, Clinical Assistant Professor, Univ. of Southern California, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA
Charles J. FILIPI, MD, Professor of Surgery, St. Joseph Hospital, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Aaron S. FINK, MD, Professor of Surgery, Emory University; Chief, Surgical Services, Atlanta VAMC (112), Decatur, GA
James W. FLESHMAN, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief Section of Colorectal Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Dennis L. FOWLER, MD, Leon C. Hirsch Professor of Clinical Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell Univeristy, Director of Minimal Access Surgery Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Morris E. FRANKLIN, Jr., MD, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Texas Endosurgery Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX
Michel GAGNER, MD, Franz W. Sichel Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Laparoscopic Surgery, Co-Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Mount-Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Alex GANDSAS, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Keith E. GEORGESON, MD, Joseph M. Farley Professor and Director, Pediatric Surgery, Surgeon-in-Chief, Childrens' Hospital of Alabama, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Carlos GRACIA, MD, Medical Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Valley Health System, Pleasanton, CA
Frederick L. GREENE, MD, Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of No. Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chairman, Dept. of General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Emma HARPER, RN, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Daniel M. HERRON, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Laparoscopic Surgery, Mount Sinai School Of Medicine, New York, NY
Michael D. HOLZMAN, MD, Medical Director, Vanderbilt Endosurgery Center, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
John G. HUNTER, MD, Professor and Vice Chairman of Surgery, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Sayeed IKRAMUDDIN, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
W. Barry INABNET, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Attending Surgeon, Mount Sinai School Of Medicine, New York, NY
Haruhiro INOUE, MD, Chief of Endoscopic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, JAPAN
Jack J. JAKIMOWICZ, MD, Consultant Surgeon, Catherina Hospital, ZA Eindhoven, EJ NETHERLANDS
Juda Z. JONA, MD, Professor of Surgery, Northwestern Medical School, Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Evanston Hospital Foundation, Evanston, IL
Daniel B. JONES, MD, Assistant Professor in Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Director, Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Dallas TX
Trudy KENYON, RN, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical Research Coordinator, Emmanuel Hospital, Legacy Portland Hospital, Portland, OR
Antonio M. LACY, PhD, Staff Surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery, Consultant , Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, SPAIN
William LAYCOCK, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School, Director of Endoscopy Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Emanuele LEZOCHE, MD, Chief of Surgical Department, University of Ancona, ITALY
Demetrius E. M. LITWIN, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Vice-Chair, University of Massachusetts Memorial Healthcare, Worcester, MA
Thom E. LOBE, MD, Chairman, Section of Pediatric Surgery, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics, Director of Pediatric Residency, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
Donna R. LUTTMANN, RN, Research Coodinator, Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Charles D. MABRY, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Pine Bluff, AK
Peter W. MARCELLO, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Staff Surgeon, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA
Jacques MARESCAUX, MD, Professor & Chairman, University Hospital Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex FRANCE
Jeffrey M. MARKS, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Heights, OH
Louis F. MARTIN, MD, Medical Director of Weight Management, St. Charles Hospital, Professor of Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA
W. Scott MELVIN, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
John S. MINASI, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
Kenric MURAYAMA, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Program, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago, IL
Heidi NELSON, MD, Professor of Surgery, Chair, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Consultant, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Shuichi OHASHI, MD, Professor of Endoscopic Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Osaka JAPAN
Douglas OLSEN, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Baptist Hospitals, Centennial Medical Centers, Nashville, TN
Raymond P. ONDERS, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Case Western Reserve Univer-sity, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, University Hopsitals of Cleveland, OH
Frank OPELKA, MD, Colorectal Surgeon, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA
Emma PATTERSON, MD, Medical Director of the Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery Program, Legacy Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Portland, OR
Marco PATTI, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director, UCSF Center for the Study of Gastrointestinal Motility and Secretion, University of CA at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Joseph B. PETELIN, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Director of Surgery, Advanced Laparoscopy Fellowship, Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Shawnee Mission, KS
Jeffrey H. PETERS, MD, Professor of Surgery, Chief, Section of General Surgery, USC Healthcare Consultation Center, Los Angeles, CA
John D. PFEIFER, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Pathologist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
Edward H. PHILLIPS, MD, Associate Clinical Profeess Professor of Surgery, USC School of Medicine, Director of Endoscopic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Jeffrey L. PONSKY, MD, Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation HS Center of the Ohio State University, Director, Endoscopy & Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Gretchen PURCELL, MD, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medical Informatics, Research Fellow, General Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Information Architect, Unbound Medicine, Inc., Duke University Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA
David W. RATTNER, MD, Chief, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Wellesley, MA
William O. RICHARDS, MD, Professor of Surgery, Director of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Layton F. RIKKERS, MD, A.R. Curreri Professor of Surgery, Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
Steven S. ROTHENBERG, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Colorado, Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital for Infants & Children at Presbyterian 1st St. Lukes Medical Center, Denver, CO
Thomas R. RUSSELL, MD, Executive Director, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL
Barry A. SALKY, MD, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Division of Laparoscopic Surgery, Attending Surgeon,Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Andras SANDOR, MD, Resident in Surgery, University of Massachusetts Memorial Healthcare, Worcester, MA
Philip R. SCHAUER, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Co-Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Director, Endoscopic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Bruce D. SCHIRMER, MD, Stephen H. Watts Professor of Surgery, Health Sciences Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Steven D. SCHWAITZBERG, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Surgical Research, Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Barbara S. SCHWARTZBERG, MD, Assciate Clinical Professor, University of Colorado, Medical Staff President, Rose Medical Center, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
M. Michael SHABAT, MD, Professor of Surgery, UCLA, Director, Surgery Critical Care, Medical Director, Enterprise Information Services, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Scott A. SHIKORA, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medi-cine, Surgical Director, Obesity Consult Ctr., New England Medical Center, Sharon, MA
Lelan SILLIN, MD, Professor of Surgery, University of Southern CA, Los Angeles, CA
Allan SIPERSTEIN, MD, Head, Section of Endocrine Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
C. Daniel SMITH, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief, General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Frank SPENCER, MD, Professor of Surgery, New York University Medical Ctr., New York, NY
Lee L. SWANSTROM, MD, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Medical Director, Dept. of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Legacy Health System, Portland, OR
Mark TALAMINI, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Laparoscopic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
William Raleigh THOMPSON, MD, Associate Professor, Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
William TRAVERSO, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Thadeus TRUS, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Associate Director of the Institute at Dartmouth for Endoscopic and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
B.C. ULMER, RN, CNOR AORN President, Stone Mountain, GA
David R. URBACH, MD, Clinical Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Legacy Health System, University of Toronto, Portland, OR
David S. UTLEY, MD, Clinical Assistant professor of Surgery, Stanford University, Staff Surgeon, VA Palo Alto/Stanford University, San Carlos, CA
Richard M. VAZQUEZ, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northwestern Medical School, Attending Surgeon, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Alan C. WITTGROVE, MD, FACS, San Diego, CA
Mark L. WULKAN, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Emory University School Of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
C.K. YEUNG, MD, Professor & Chief, DIvision of Pediatric Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong,The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong CHINA
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